Question

There are 17 appetizers available at a restaurant. From these, Frank is to choose 13 for his party. How many groups of 13 appetizers are possible

Answer 1

2,380

Explanation:

This is a selection problem, hence it is combination. It is simply telling us in how many ways can we select a group of 13 from 17.

This is straightforward, we only need to apply the combination formulae. Hence this goes thus:

17C13 = 2,380

There are 2,380 ways to do this task